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You don’t know much about what McCabe did do you? It will certainly make this much more fun that he still has defenders.

There is literally no chance whatsoever that someone who read the IG's report would call McCabe a hero.

Or perhaps I am all wet about this, and McCabe was in fact a hero, for leaking the fact that the FBI was investigating the Clinton Foundation shortly before the election in order to mitigate the blowback from the fact his wife took money from her pal.

There is literally no chance whatsoever that someone who read the IG's report would call McCabe a hero.

Or perhaps I am all wet about this, and McCabe was in fact a hero, for leaking the fact that the FBI was investigating the Clinton Foundation shortly before the election in order to mitigate the blowback from the fact his wife took money from her pal.

Oh, is that the latest reason for why revealing the Clinton was under investigation and concealing the fact that Trump was just before the investigation was actually a leftist plot against Trump?

Oh, is that the latest reason for why revealing the Clinton was under investigation and concealing the fact that Trump was just before the investigation was actually a leftist plot against Trump?

Right? It doesn't even make sense as a terrible movie plot. Isn't that one of the premises required for a good conspiracy though? The people involved have to be ridiculously inept, yet highly cunning at the same time?

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Oh, is that the latest reason for why revealing the Clinton was under investigation and concealing the fact that Trump was just before the investigation was actually a leftist plot against Trump?

"latest." Golly, I don't know about that, I do know however that the OIG's said that McCabe released information “directed primarily at enhancing McCabe’s reputation at the expense of PADAG (Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General).”

Curious tho that Clinton fans seem to be under the mistaken apprehension that he is a hero...

Right? It doesn't even make sense as a terrible movie plot. Isn't that one of the premises required for a good conspiracy though? The people involved have to be ridiculously inept, yet highly cunning at the same time?

But at least in most of these moronic conspiracy theories, the event they are claiming was manipulated by some shadowy cabal actually took place.

Here, we have the claim that there was a conspiracy to keep Trump from the presidency and that the conspirators ginned up bogus intelligence to bring Trump down, and then… sat on their hands and let him win the election.

But at least in most of these moronic conspiracy theories, the event they are claiming was manipulated by some shadowy cabal actually took place.

Here, we have the claim that there was a conspiracy to keep Trump from the presidency and that the conspirators ginned up bogus intelligence to bring Trump down, and then… sat on their hands and let him win the election.

It’s like saying 9/11 was an inside job if 9/11 never happened.

I have information that 4/11 was an inside job!

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I get it!!, the OIG report is just like the 9/11 Commission report and the McCabe truthers are just like 9/11 truthers in that they didn't read it and if they did, they didn't understand it.

Next level self owns going on here!

I do not think that means what you think it means.

Also, you brought up Clinton. What the hell does Clinton have to do with this thread? Stay on topic, or move along.

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In other words, you are saying that the stupid, greedy, lying unprincipled Republicans who are in charge of the USA are looking like the stupid, greedy, lying unprincipled politicians who in charge in Venezuela.

I sure do agree with your absolutely brilliant comparison of these two issues.

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In other words, you are saying that the stupid, greedy, lying unprincipled Republicans who are in charge of the USA are looking like the stupid, greedy, lying unprincipled politicians who in charge in Venezuela.

I sure do agree with your absolutely brilliant comparison of these two issues.

Actually no, in other words the government is steam rolling this guy like they do so many times.

Actually no, in other words the government is steam rolling this guy like they do so many times.

Well then, ...

I guess that means that the Republican government is treating the ex-lawyer of the current Republican president badly in the same way that the Republican government is treating the Republican president badly.

And since the government of Venezuela is bad,
and since the Republican government is bad,
therefore Republicans are bad governors.

Once again, I do agree with 'logger'.

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While I appreciate people taking an interest in the subject, one quickly realizes that perhaps this is the first time one has considered the issues?

It's cute when you act superior but then get basic facts wrong like:

Quote:

Mueller and his team do not want to give it to them.

They are asking for a protective order, which is not unusual or "McCarthyist", and is not denying the information from the defendant, as it states in your own link.

Let me know when you read the court's sealed information.

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They are asking for a protective order, which is not unusual or "McCarthyist", and is not denying the information from the defendant, as it states in your own link.

Let me know when you read the court's sealed information.

wait, you mean the link that says that they are seeking a protective order in order to prevent the defendants from seeing the discovery evidence?

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Mueller on Tuesday asked a federal judge in Washington for an order to protect voluminous evidence sought by lawyers for Concord Management and Consulting LLC, one of three companies and 13 Russian nationals charged in a February indictment alleging election meddling via social media. Prosecutors have uncovered evidence of other individuals and entities who are “continuing to engage” in similar activities.

wait, you mean the link that says that they are seeking a protective order in order to prevent the defendants from seeing the discovery evidence?

Ok

Funny that what you quote doesn't substantiate your claim. You seem to have a pattern of leaping to conclusions. What Mueller is asking for, from your own link:

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Prosecutors asked Friedrich to bar any co-defendant of Concord from reviewing evidence until they appear in his courtroom to respond to the charges. They also want to regulate disclosure of “particularly sensitive material to foreign nationals” by first limiting it to U.S. lawyers for defendants.

"Public or unauthorized disclosure of this case's discovery would result in the release of information that would assist foreign intelligence services, particularly those of the Russian Federation, and other foreign actors in future operations against the United States," prosecutors wrote in the court request Tuesday.

Protective orders on discovery as cases progress to trial are fairly typical -- especially in high-profile cases like this one, which arose out of Mueller's investigation into Russian influence during the 2016 US election. But Concord's and Mueller's teams haven't agreed on the terms of the protective order.

Prosecutors want to bar Concord's team from sharing the documents with 13 Russian co-defendants and two Russian companies that allegedly conspired to spread pro-Trump propaganda on social media. Prosecutors also seek restrictions on sharing the data with other foreigners, such as lawyers outside the US.

If shared too widely, the prosecutors warn, the data could help foreign intelligence services and tip off people and groups that "continue to engage in interference operations like those charges in the present indictment."

If the data were to be physically sent outside of US law offices, "foreign individuals may try [to] use that avenue as a way to obtain sensitive materials as part of an intelligence collection effort," the prosecutors added.

...

In all, prosecutors seek a court order barring the sharing of case documents outside of Concord Management, witnesses and their attorneys. They've also suggested the use of a "firewall" federal attorney as an intermediary during the discovery process.

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I guess that means that the Republican government is treating the ex-lawyer of the current Republican president badly in the same way that the Republican government is treating the Republican president badly.

And since the government of Venezuela is bad,
and since the Republican government is bad,
therefore Republicans are bad governors.

Once again, I do agree with 'logger'.

No you’ve got it wrong again, probably because you’re very uninformed of what’s going on. The case against Cohen is from New York State. Only corrupt liberals up there. You didn’t know that did you. I don’t see why not, it’s been in the news constantly. Would you like to tell us why you didn’t know something that was so obvious?

No you’ve got it wrong again, probably because you’re very uninformed of what’s going on. The case against Cohen is from New York State. Only corrupt liberals up there. You didn’t know that did you. I don’t see why not, it’s been in the news constantly. Would you like to tell us why you didn’t know something that was so obvious?

Er, isn't the case against Cohen from the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York? In which case, not New York State, but the US DOJ.

No you’ve got it wrong again, probably because you’re very uninformed of what’s going on. The case against Cohen is from New York State. Only corrupt liberals up there. You didn’t know that did you. I don’t see why not, it’s been in the news constantly. Would you like to tell us why you didn’t know something that was so obvious?

What state is Trump from?

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And, once again, the case involves the DOJ of the Republican administration. How does it matter whether New York State is liberal? The (interim) attorney there was appointed by Sessions.

So, is Sessions and his appointee part of "liberal New York"?

(Honestly, I think you misspoke, thinking that it was the state of New York making this case. A perfectly reasonable response would be to admit your error and move on. But I'll wager you'll double down on the "liberal New York" gambit, for reasons which elude me.)

And, once again, the case involves the DOJ of the Republican administration. How does it matter whether New York State is liberal? The (interim) attorney there was appointed by Sessions.

So, is Sessions and his appointee part of "liberal New York"?

(Honestly, I think you misspoke, thinking that it was the state of New York making this case. A perfectly reasonable response would be to admit your error and move on. But I'll wager you'll double down on the "liberal New York" gambit, for reasons which elude me.)

Why don’t you just go back and see what I was wasting time responding to?

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